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Composition of figures at the entrance of a house (recto)

Maker

(artist)
1627-1678

Title

Composition of figures at the entrance of a house (recto)

Date of Production

1620 - 1657

Medium

pen and brown ink, brown wash, with brown ink framing lines (recto), offset of pen and brown ink composition, as well as unrelated black and red chalk offset (verso), on laid paper

Dimensions

Height: 17.8 cm
Width: 23.9 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.2710

Mode of Acquisition

Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords









Provenance

Jacob de Voos Jacobszoon, Amsterdam (1803-1882), L.1450; John Postle Heseltine, London (1843-1929), L.1508; his estate sale, Sotheby's (London), 27 - 29 May 1935, lot 173; purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b; Witt Bequest 1952

Exhibition History

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 1976-77 (Nov.-Feb.)

Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, 17/11/1962-22/12/1962

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London; York City Art Gallery; Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953

Literature

Dutch drawings from the Witt Collection: Part 2: Other than landscape, Courtauld Gallery, London, November 1976 - Febr
cat. no. 27

Anthony Blunt and Philip Troutman, Master Drawings from the Witt and Courtauld Collections, 1962
cat. no. 26

Drawings from the Witt Collection at the Courtauld Institute of Art, St James's Square, London, York City Art Gallery and Peterborough Art Gallery, 1953
cat. no. 95

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: centre: monogram "WX" or "WK" (not found in Briquet or Heawood).

Collector's mark: Verso: left lower edge, stamped in black ink: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b); lower left corner, stamped in black ink: Jacob de Voos Jacobszoon (L.1450); lower left edge, stamped in red ink: John Postle Heseltine (L.1508).

Inscription: none.

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